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Washington state seeks $100,000 from Twitter for campaign finance violations

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Twitter Inc has to pay $100,000 to Washington state's Public Disclosure Transparency Account for multiple political campaign finance violations, the state's Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Tuesday.

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Reuters

Washington state seeks $100,000 from Twitter for campaign finance violations

Twitter Inc will pay $100,000 for failing to meet Washington state's disclosure laws over payments related to multiple political ads that were posted on its platform since 2012, the state's attorney general said on Tuesday.

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Washington Times

Twitter to pay $100,000 over campaign finance violations

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Twitter is the latest social media giant to pay for violations of Washington state’s campaign finance disclosure rules.Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Tuesday the company agreed to pay $100,000 for failing to maintain records related to ads that ran from 2012 through 2019, when Twitter ...

4 years ago·United States

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Financial Post

Washington state seeks $100,000 from Twitter for campaign finance violations

4 years ago·Canada

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Russia Today [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Twitter punished for multiple campaign finance violations with $100k fine… after earning almost TWICE as much in process

Washington state has fined Twitter $100,000 for ‘multiple campaign violations,’ for failing to keep records of political ads public. Critics have noted the platform made nearly twice as much advertising for 38 different entities.

4 years ago·Russian Federation

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MY Northwest

Twitter to pay WA $100,000 following campaign finance violations

Twitter has to pay $100,000 to Washington after violating the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, which Washingtonians adopted through an initiative in 1972.AG Ferguson leads federal lawsuit to block oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife RefugeAttorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the social media company will pay to Washington’s Public Disclosure Transparency Account for the violation.“Twitter unlawfully failed to maintain for pu…

4 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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WND

Twitter fined $100,000 for violating campaign-finance law

Twitter is paying $100,000 to the state of Washington for violating its state campaign-finance disclosure laws.Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Tuesday said that the social media platform will pay Washington Public Disclosure Transparency Account for violations of a law requiring that records of campaign ad operations be made available for public inspection.The judgment filed in King County Superior Court says that "at least 38 Washin…

4 years ago·Medford, United States

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